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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04
Strike at sharpsvilIe, Pa.

SHARPsvILLE, PA, February 3.-About
$50 men employed at the spearman, Doug
lass & Mabel furnaces struck to-day for On
advance in wages of ID cents per day.
About two hundred men employed at
Henderson & Claire's will probably follow
soon.
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Helgium Preparing.

BRUssELLs, February 3.-The Belgian
Government expected a demand OF the
Chambers for an appropriation of 1900
900 francs for military purposes, one-fourth
for the purchase of rifles.
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Al New Orleans last November Dr T.
W. Form, a prominent citizen Of Shreve-
port, La, shot aud killed J. c. FrrZPAT-
RIrE who had betrayed his wife and then
eloped with her. FORD was indicted tOl
murder, and Yesterday when arraigued his
counsel entered a plea of guilty of man,
slaughter, adding that his client declined
to protect himself by defense which
would expose u public censure the mother
OF hi, clidrrn. The plea WAS accepted
AMI sentence reserved, but it must neces
sartly be not less than five years imprisOn'
mrnt, the maximum being twenty years,
i pardon i expected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

AN Indian boy wanted - Aasg h,sseif
after seven school Gist bad kissed him.
He didn't, '1sn Ne same" tos be found
the dreadIJ feeling was caused by cold.
which was speedily cured by the imne-
diate use Of DIR. Buil's Congh Syrup, which
is known Gar and wide as q great remedy
ipr coughs and colds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

In chronic and stubborn cases of neural
gia, gout, and rheumatism use Salvation
Oil. 1t is the greatest pain-destroyer of
the age. All druggists sell it for only
twenty.fve cents q bottle.
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THE tail Of the Democratic dog submits
lew names for the dog to bark over. The
dog SAYS to the tail, Why didn't you
com int, caucus and do your waggins|
Now what will the tail have to say to the
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Ip jersey.

TRENTON, q. j., February 3.-Thret
Democratic members of the State Legis
lature met at noon and went through tht
form of voting for ex-GOy. Abbott for L,
s. Senator.
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Passed the PennsylvauIs senate.

HARRISBURG, Pa, February 3.-Ths
Senate to-day passed bill proy;dias fol
the submission Of probibitian smeriIipent
to the State constitution To- vote ef tbs
people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

AND 50 JIM Mason has taken to the
circular dodge Circulars, like pride al
WAYS 90 before a fall.
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THE WEATHER,
FOR ONE DOLLAR.

II, DAILY REGISTER 'ciR Be sent for
o,, 5,r,,r, payable in adrdHee, during the SIT
,.,,of me Legislature. FaR proceedings 'riH
B,uybIi,Rsd daily.
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sI.OOn. 600 for MIlItzrr.

BUcHAREsT, February 3 3-Chambers
voted credit 81, 900, 900 to enable the Gov
ernment TO complete military preparations.
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4 ELL TO cooperate with the Inter-
sr,, Commerce bill is under cOnsidera-
tion by the Texas Legislature.
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TuE EEGlSrER's dispatches this morn
ing rcnt.,iu a synopsis OF 4 six column
reply Grou Dr. M"tiLYNN IN regard to the
charges against him. 1t is from HENRY
GEJguE'S Stamford.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

The Ohio is booming up above and be
l,w rs and fears of a sixty foot stage OF
water at Cincinnati are entertained.
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PRoHrBIrIoS Yesterday passed the Penn
sylvania Senate.
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PRESIDENT and Mrs. CLEVELAND enter
t,iped the diplomatic corps at a state din
ner last night.
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AISOr ~ Co. = London brewery changed
It's blsis yesterday and organized rs q stock
company. 1t took fifteen police officers to
keep hack the crowd who wanted to sub
scribe for stOcI& Errwrries are certainly
popular with John Bull.
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THE New York strike still has its para
living grip upon the throat Of trade.
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THERE is a fifty foot ice gorge above the
Delaware Water Gap and the river is over
flowing the country in 4 gorgeous way.
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sgRIousdgnage fpOrd fioOaSmerspOTtei
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Military Loan.

BERLIN, February 3.-There was re-
port on the bourse that the German Gov
ernment will contract for loan Of SIS,
600, 600 for military purposes.
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Rate of DIscnnnI Kehmrel

LONDON, February 3.-The Bank Of
England has reduced its rate Of discount
| from ; per cent to per cent.
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GENUINE blizzard is shrieking through
,bs vbiskers of the NorthweSterners.
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EASTERN and Western window glass
man have pooled and advanced prices.
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aoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE
In Nervous IrrifabnHy.

DIR. b. b. Grover, Rushford, n. Y, ssys;
81 have prescribed it for nervous irritabil-
ity, with marked results,"
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TIE rivers are rising above, and ut all
points rain is reported, aud the prospects
are for a good stage of water at this point.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

THE RAIDS don't admit the legality OF
TrRpE'S election. Why, bless your soul,
of course they don't. 1t isn't their nature
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

SPIES brother who acted rs his proxy IN
the VAN ZlNpT marriage has been arrest
rd for bigamy. The marriage Is said to be
q IlTrc.
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JIM MAsoN's CIRCULAI.

The following is a verbatim copy OF
circular sent out over the State by jim
Mason and Major Anderson and Others for
signatures TO bolster up the sinking cause
of the twelve and is being returned to
members supporting the caucus nominee
with strong expressions of diSapproval and
condemnation of the means used to dlrupt
the party
To West J'irginjd Democrats:
CHARLESTON, W. VA,
January -, 1857.
Impressed by the dangers which imperil
pure government and the supremacy and
integrity of the Democratic party by the
reprehensible political methods adopted in
the administration of party politics in this
State, twelve of the Democratic Represen-
tatires in the Legislature now in session,
in fidelity to their convictions of right and
with courage and devotion TO the best III
terests Ofthe State and of the party, refused
to enter caucus, the outcome of which
was preordained, rather than place them
selves in a position where they would be
Obliged to violate our pledge and
promise upon the faith OF which
they were elected. Their action is but
the expression Of the sentiments enter
tanned by the more thoughtful and con-
scrvative men of the party, and by large
majority, as we believe, of the Democratic
voter of the State, who have long realized
and are now fully persuaded that there
must he a change of methods and stead
fast adherence to Democratic principles In
order to ensure beyond doubt the contln-
ued supremacy of the party. There Is
widespread feeling and belief that patron
age in this State has been employed for the
purpose Of building up q body of office
holding managers whose activity and zeal
in the primaries outweigh the popular
Judgment when left untrammeled. This
body of Office holders was convened when
the Legislature met and it is said that
nearly all of them were present and I'M
Fortunate for the election of the candidate
of the combined power of monopoly and
Office holders. We do not believe that the
great body of Democrats throughout the
State are yet prepared to approve the
methods ghich have been resorted to to en-
throne monopoly and TO establish an Otfice
holding oligarchy to whose dictatiOn they
must IcnucH OoeuicuCc anu PASSIVE S"O
mission and which jeopardize the integri-
ty Of the party and are prejudical to the
welfare of the great body Of the people.
The time for reform in political methods
has therefore arrived, and the situation, in
our Judgment, demands that the DemOcra-
cy throughout the State should rally to the
support and give their endorsement 10 the
action of the twelve true, tried and cour-
ageous Democrats who, in fidelity to the
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BILLS are out for a Councilmanic circus
tonight to investigate the alleged unlaw-
iul counting uf several unscratched
double" tickets in the Second ward which
would change the complexion OF Council
To bright Democratic hue, There prom
isrs To- lc some elegant bareback riding.
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(Signed:)
J. NJ. Rowan MonrOel.
J. G. CROCKETT Summers
J. B. SOMERvILLE BrOokel.
]. ID. SWEENEY ITylerl.
c. l.. BROWN Jackson .....
E. NJ. MCCALIsTER (Cabell].
b. H. OXLEY [Ksnawhal.
J. W. MCCREERT Raleighl.
MARION GwINN fSummersl.
NJ. VAN PELT Fayettel.
4. X. UNGER Morgan
HOwARD GETTINGER Berkeley.
ID. w. SHAW IBarbOuI
l.. ID. HAGER BOone]
PEYTON BYRNE Braxtonl.
ANDREW ROsEBERRY Cabell
J. N. HAMILTON Calhoun :.
Il. F. KIDD IGilmer1
j. J.. BROWN JacksOnl.
G. b. Crow Jackson. ..
G. ]. DAyISsOS Lewis
II. RAGLAND Logan,
J. S. SPENCER Masonl.
W. NJ. REYNOLDS [Mercer1.
]. +. PECK Nicholas
j. ]. WOODS C0hiol.
c. j. GLEASON Ohio].
A. d. GARDEN Ohio.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-04

ropgI,.x markets are again off on a war
bender.
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TIE House Wednesday laid on the table
by vote of l19 to 4G, the bill to pro
hibit the appointment OF Congressional
committees TO attend funerals at the public
expense oGtSiie the District Of Columbia.
II tisa c,ld, groupd-hog day when the av-
erlgr Congressman relinquiSheS his priv
llrgr of going on an official spree ut the eN-
p'nse OF other people.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
Another Statue of Liberty.

A monument of liberty is to be con- structcd on one of tho twin peaks which overlook the harbor or San Francisco. Adolph Sutro has let the contracts fol the work which is to cost between $5O00 and $6000. The figure and pedestal will be forty feet high. The figure will be eighteen feet high, and will be that of a women modelled after Bartholdi's great work in New York harbor, in this respect, that in the right hand will be borne aloft powerful torch inside of which will be an electric light. In the left hand will be the sword of justice, and at her feet will be the fallen if ,ure of Anarchy and Dcspotism endeav- bring to pull down the hand which grasps the sword. The whole structure will be made of bluish sandstone. The light will be 1000 feet above the level of the bay, and its rays will be seen for miles along the coast and out at sea. The pedestal will rest in tho base cut in the solid rock of the Peak. When built, the statue will prove of great value to the mariner, and will be one of the noted objects on the Pacific slope. With Bar tholdi's statue in New York harbor, and this new work of art throwing its rays upon the bay of San Francisco, the light of liberty will be thrown from ocean to ocean -[ DcmOrcst
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
The Highest Church in Europe.

The very highest church in Europe, according to the Bundner Tagblatt, is the pilgrimage chapel of St. Maria do Zitcit, above Salux, in tho Canton of Graubuaden. It lies ?, 434 metres above the sea lcvel--nearly 5000 feet high above the forest, near tho limits of per- pctual saow. It is only open during the summer time of that region---or, as the folks thcrcabouts reckon, from St. John the Baptlst's Day to St. Michael's Day. and is used only by the Alp herds, who remain there through the summer with their cows and goats, and occasionally by hunters in search of the chamois and marmot All the inhabitants of Salux climb up thither On Midsummer Day to as ist at thc first mass and hear the first sermon of the year, and there is also crowded congregation on Michaelmas Day, at tho last service of the year. From time to time few stray pilgrims from the Graubundcn Obcrland and the Tyrol find their way thcrc. The second highest church probably in Europe, that of Monstcin, also open only in the sum- mcr, belongs to Graubunden.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
Coffee,

The Hollanders are the greatest cof fec drinkers in tho world, their annual consumption being about eighteen pounds per head of the whole population. Amsterdam has long been one of the great coffee marts of the world; and, being admitted free of duty, coffee is very cheap. Next come Belgium and Denmark, in which the consumption per capita is about half that of Holland. Next come the United States, .ineWhich the consumption per capita in 1880 was eight and eight-tenths pounds. The present consumption of coffee in the United States may be stated at a little over one pound per week for each fam fly in the nation. In the use of tea and coffee the people of England and the United States present most remarkable contrast. The annual consumption of the people of England is just about a pound of coffee per head, or about one eighth of that of the people of the United States. Comparing the consump- tion of tea with that of coffee, it wilt be found that, while the people of the United States use about five pounds of coffee to one of tea, the people of Eng land use five pounds of tea to one of coffee.
 There are fashions in coffee, as in al- most everything. Thurber, in his book on coffee, says:
 "At Alden and Alexandria tho Mocha coffee is carefully picked over, and as- sorted in compliance with the singular 1 fashion in trade which creates demand in Europe for the larger beans, while the United States will have none but tho smaller ones. In point of fact, the larger beans are the best, being fully de- veloped, more perfect in appearance anc flavor. ."--[G Good Cheer
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
Rapid Transit in Central America


 Thousands of ox-carts are still en- ployed between the towns of Esparaz and Alajuela, the tcrmini of the Costa Rica railway, carrying freight over the mountains, and it usually takes week for them to make the journey of thirty five miles. often longer, for on religious festivals, which occur with surprising frequency, all the transportation busi- ness is suspended. A traveller who in- tends to take steamer at Punta Arenas must send his baggage oa Q week in advance. He leaves tho train at Atenas where he spends the night The next morning at daybreak he re- sumes his journey and rides fifteen miles to San Mateo, breakfasts at il o'clock, takes his siesta in a hammock until or in the afternoon, then mounting his mule again, covers the ten miles to Esparaz by sunset, where he dimes and spends the night, usually remaining there to avoid the heat of Punta Arenas, until few hours before the steamer lcaves.- Harper's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
AHolloM.E,en Ceremony.

Everyone from Aunt Bethiah to 12- year-old Tom, gathered in the long hall to try "snuffing the candle." A curious little English song is chanted by the participants in this ceremony which runs:
 Trip it lightly! Step it statelyl
 (How the candle winks and haresD
 Hark the echoes move sedately
 Up the wide old oaken stairs
 Silvery heads and merry children
 Glide in rhythmic movement slow,
 Toward the wavering flame bewild'ring;
 One by one we watch them go.
 Now, with dainty hand, the maiden
 Grasps her clinging, sweeping train,
 Swiftly bounds good saints nll aiding
 AS she clears the candles flame.
 Step it stately, trip i, lightly,
 She will live the year out brightly. A solitary candle is placed on tho aoor, over which each dancer springs, keeping time to the measure of tho tune. As each one makes the trial, the onlook' CTS watch the flame. If it burns stcadi. ly, the year will be one of uuruffled j,y and health. If it flares to the right ill. ness may be anticipated; If to the left, trouble of mind or business. If tho light is extinguishcd, it is token o death or irremcdiable sorrow and mis. fortune during tho next twelve months T American Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
Secret of Longevity,

A little way beyond the ancient church at Holderness is brick residence, whose front is half hidden by one of those monster elms that are the pride of our Northern States, and beneath its shade saw yesterday all old man who is passing his ninety-tifth year, sitting com fortably in great armchair. My wife told me that his aunt had recently died, aged 105; and, curious to know if there was any especial reason for such lon gevity, I made inquiries. "No," said my informant; "only they were always out-of-doors and lived quiet lifc."
 Yet in that single sentence lay. a greater philosophy than ho dreamed of, soundcr prccept than he knew. To keep out-of- doors and avoid worry is q maxim that, if followed, would close a majority of our hospitals, which, I re- grct to say, have a greater number of occupants with each succeeding year. -[Amcrican Magazine. :
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
Quality Not Quantity,

''Do you know," said the chemist, "that some people believe that this thcr- mometer gives us measure of tho quan- tity of hcat2 The ranc itself would in dicate that the originato,s of it believed it did some such thing. The fact is, a thermometer doesn't give the slightest information about the amount of heat. Say you fases two one-gallon kettles filled with boiling water. The ther- mometcr marks 2i2 degrees in each. Now, put them together. The mixture contains twice the quantity of heat that either gallon alone contained, and yet the thermometer does not vary, but still marks 212 degrees. The thermometer only gives the quality of tn, heat. "-- Indianapolis Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
Cows and the Moon.

A little six-ycar-old granddaughter of well-knowu New England clergyman, in doubting statement by her uncle that tho moon is made of green cheese, was advised by the divine to ascertain for herself. "How can I, grandpa9" "Get your Bible and see what it says" "Wherc shall I begin2' "Bcgin at the beginning" The child sat down 10 read the Bible. Before she had got half through the second chapter of Genesis and had read about the creation of the stars and the animals, she came back to her grandfather, her eyes all bright with the excitement of discovery. "I have found it grandpa! It isn't true, for God made the moon before He made any cows."- --[ Troy Times.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
NO. IT..
A Japanese Chemists Shop.

The quaint old man whose loyal ad- hcrence to the customs of his ancestors afforded mo such an interesting illus trafion both of old Japan and old Brit ain was seller of curoyakic-L C., car bonizcd animals; in other words, ami mals reduced to charcoal, and potted in small covered jars of carthcnwarc, to be sold as medicine for the sick and suffer- ing. Formerly all these animals were kept alive in. tho back premises, and customers selected tho creature for them selves, and stood by to sec it killed and burned on the spot, so that there could be no deception, and no doubt as to the freshness of their charrcl medicine. Doubtless some inscnsiblc foreign in- fucncc may account for the disappear ancc of the menagcric of waiting victims and their cremation ground; now the zoological backyard has vanished, and only tho strange chemists shop remains, like wcll-storcd museum, wherein arc ranged portions of the dried carcasscs of dogs and deer, foxes aud badgers, rats, mice, toads and frogs, tigers and elc- phants.
 The rarer the animal, and the farther it has travelled, tho moro precious ap- parcntly are its virtues. From the roof hung fcstoons of gigantic snake skins, which certainly were foreign importa- tions from some land where py tn ons flourish, Japan being happily exempt from the presence of such beautiful monsters. Isaw one very finc piece of skin, which, though badly dried and much shruukcn, measured twenty six inches across, but it was only fragment ten feet in length, and was being grad ually consumed, inch by inch, to lend mystic virtue to compounds of many strange ingredients. I was told that the perfect skin must have measured very nearly fifty feet in length. I saw an- other fragment twenty two feet long and twelve inches wide; this also had evidently shrunk considerably in dry. ing, and must, when in life, have been very fine specimen.-IP Popular Science Monthly. ...
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-19
A Dish of Scorpions.

A curious dish was prepared the other day for British traveller in Mexico. The attendants served up an omelct, and the servants partook very heartily of the dainty morscl, but the travelc1 mistrusted the food owing to certain black particles mixed therein. Inquir- ing as to the nature of tho suspicious in gredlents, he could scarcely believe his cars when the reply was given, 'Oh, those arc scorpions" and an investiga- tion proved this to be true, the lower order in Mexico thus utilizing the young scorpions, which are dug out, hundreds in nest, their sting being cut off be- fore cooking.